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outshine

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++out·shine /aʊtˈʃaɪn/ verb (past tense and past participle outshone /aʊtˈʃɒn $ -ˈʃoʊn/) [transitive]  BETTERto be better or more impressive than someone or something else 优于;使黯然失色 Several new players outshone the veterans. 几名新选手使老将们黯然失色。→ See Verb table
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outshineBut she was definitely outshone by the peacock colours and silky materials of her companions.Charest outshone Campbell with his performance in five televised debates during the campaign.But he has to go some to outshine Dean Richards, dropped for the second time in a year.The young Japanese violinist outshone every other musician at the concert.Kelly was outstanding and outshone every other player on the field.It was equally important to outshine everyone else around me - in other words, to achieve at the expense of others.His fielding has outshone his power in this series, but his forbearance beats both.It narrowly beat much bigger rival and fellow supermarkets group J Sainsbury to the top slot, and outshone Tesco.Stone effortlessly outshines the other members of the cast.In this respect, at least, John Eliot Gardiner's recording on Archiv far outshines the present one.
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outshine
outshine /aʊtˈʃaɪn/ verb (past tense and past participle outshone /aʊtˈʃɒn $ -ˈʃoʊn/) [transitive]
 Word Family: verb: shine, outshine; noun: shine, shininess; adjective: shiny
to be better or more impressive than someone or something else:
    Several new players outshone the veterans.


out·shineBrE /ˌaʊtˈʃaɪn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌaʊtˈʃaɪn/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they outshine BrE /ˌaʊtˈʃaɪn/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈʃaɪn/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it outshines BrE /ˌaʊtˈʃaɪnz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈʃaɪnz/ 🔊past simple outshone BrE /ˌaʊtˈʃɒn/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈʃoʊn/ 🔊past participle outshone BrE /ˌaʊtˈʃɒn/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈʃoʊn/ 🔊 -ing form outshining BrE /ˌaʊtˈʃaɪnɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌaʊtˈʃaɪnɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/sth to be more impressive than sb/sth; to be better than sb/sth 比…做得好;使逊色;高人一筹